rmoore5

Dammit you were making good progress too!

Sorry for the question, Im really unfamiliar with these Subaru engines. I figured there must be a tool but was curious. For example, Toyota makes cams with a hex portion which you can slip a wrench over in order to lock the cam as you unbolt the cam pulley bolt.

 

Here is another method:

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/broke-my-camshaft-gear-241321.html?p=5155566#post5155566

Atta boy!!!

Same here, I'm at 269,000 now and starting on a road trip later this afternoon.

You got lucky avoiding #YNANSB. That bearing looked to me initially as antifreeze damage. That was from my ancient memory. But after researching I think:

 

This might be a new record...

 

http://i.imgur.com/WvzxQAD.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/6u3PiKX.jpg

 

/thread

 

Luckly the Outback owner was inside the shop checking on a new short block:lol:

 

Subaru A pillars FTW.

This seems to be a good place for this.

 

After losing a rod bearing I disassembled the VVT sprockets to clean out the debris.

 

Afterwards I had a P0018 code after running awhile. It turned out the variable cam timing sprocket on bank 2 had bound up on the cam.

 

I noticed when I assembled the sprocket to the cam it didn't slide easily on to the cam. The 2 bores of the sprocket can be assembled non-concentric.

 

I removed the cam and disassembled the sprocket, reassembling using an old cam to assure the concentricity. So far so good.

I'm sure this has been discussed but I haven't found the correct search. Has anyone thought of a community lifter collection. I have 10 lifters after doing my engine that I would be willing to swap out for different sizes (the person needing the lifter would send their trade ins' and pay the shipping). Just a thought.

^^ Those are probably reference numbers, the actual part numbers can be found in the list below the diagram.

Does anyone have the slider bolt part number handy? Mine broke when attempting this 'simple flush'. I feel like I break every bolt on this car.

Maybe this :

 

http://parts.subaru.com/a/Subaru_2005_Legacy25L-TURBO-5MT-4WD25GTOUTBACKXT-SEDAN/_54100_6028418/POWER-STEERING-SYSTEM-FITTING/B13-346-01.html

I have no use for those -- regardless of their political party -- who hold some vain and foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women the right to join the union of their choice.

 

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President

 

A fool and apparently Gov. Mike Pence.

235,000 mi on my 2005, rebuilt the turbo due to oil consumption last weekend. The power steering is noisy on the cold mornings, a lot of those this winter.